"overstrow" meaning in English

See overstrow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overstrows [present, singular, third-person], overstrowing [participle, present], overstrowed [past], overstrown [participle, past]
Etymology: From over- + strow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|strow}} over- + strow Head templates: {{en-verb||||overstrown}} overstrow (third-person singular simple present overstrows, present participle overstrowing, simple past overstrowed, past participle overstrown)
  1. Alternative form of overstrew. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: overstrew

Inflected forms

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